Every Saturday morning the 2nd largest market in France (outside of Paris) spreads for 5 kms through the city centre of Vienne. I think what this means is that the rows of stalls, and there could be three rows in one street, stretch for 5 kms in total. It is held in the area that we explored on Wednesday and it is strange to see some of the ancient buildings and sites as backdrops to this market - it looked so different today with busy streets closed off. All sorts of local produce including vegetables, fruits, cheese, milk, meats, sausages, terrines, clothes, shoes, accessories, toys, chickens, ducks and probably many more that I haven't retained - oh, and honey, olives, socks and jocks and jams.
One of the most interesting, and something we hadn't ever seen anywhere before, was people filling supplied bottles with milk from a large, cooled and stirred stainless tank direct from the farm's output of that morning. The milk is the same that we are buying from our local dairy, ie unhomegenised, unpasteurised (lait cru) and that day's production.
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| Customer capping a freshly filled milk bottle |
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| Who doesn't love olives? |
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| Fruit of all types |
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| Vegetables galore |
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| Berries to tempt |
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| Clothes to fit everyone |
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